Window-sash.



No. 628.303. Patented luly 4, |899. W. A. DAVIS, G. S. IDELL &. E. E. DAVIS.

WINDOW SASH.

(Application led Mar. 8, 1898.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ANDAVIS, GEORGE S. I-DELL, AND ELMER E. DAVIS, OF JEFFER- SONVILLE, INDIANA.

WINDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,303, dated July 4, 1899A.

Appiicaion filed Marci 8,1898.- sefmNo. 6173.109. momoaei.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that we, VILLIAM A. DAVIS, GEORGE S. IDELL, andELMER E. DAvIs, citizens of the United States, residing at Jeffersonville, in the county of Clarke and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Window-Sashes; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to window sash and frames, and particularly to a detaching device to enable the window-sash to be easily removed from t-he frame for the purpose of washing or any other manipulation; and it consists, essentially, of a spring'- actuated cord-holder, together with a removable stop and parting-bead, and means for holding the cord in the side stile of the sash.

The invention further consists in the details of construction of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide means for easily removing a sash from a frame for various purposes and to hold the sashweight cord in convenient position when the sash is removed, and also to arrange the stop on one side, as well as the parting-bead, in sections and hold them in place by means of a spring-catch, and is adapted to be operated to facilitate the easy removal of the said sections to expose the outer edges of the side stiles of the sash for the purpose of disconnecting the sash-weight cord.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a portion of a Window frame and sash, showing the improved devices applied thereto and a sash-cord-holding plate. Fig.'2 is a similar view showing the method of removing a portion of the stop, which is also applicable to the parting-bead. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of a portion of the window-sash, showing the manner of securing the sash-weight cord in the side stile thereof. Fig. 4 is an edgepelevation, on an enlarged scale, of the sash-weight-cord-holding device, showing thek same in two positions, respectively, by full and dotted lines. 5o

Fig. 5 is a detail front elevation ofthe wei'ght-cord-holding device.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals of reference are employed to indidicate corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral 1 designates a windowframe in which sash 2 and 3 are mounted. In the upper portion of the frame pulleys 4 are located, over which move the sash-weight cords 5, having sash-weights 6 attached to 6o the free ends thereof within the boxing of the frame in the ordinary mannen The side stiles of the sash and, as shown in thedrawings, the sash 2 are provided with grooves 7 in their outer edges to receive the outer portions of the sash-weight cords 5, the latter being knotted to engage an enlarged portion of the said grooves,and are held in said grooves by pivoted hooks 8, engaging keepers 9, and are so positioned in thesaid stiles as to avoid 7o the formation of exterior proj ectionsand consequent interference with the movement of the sash in the frame. To accomplish this, the said hooks are slightlyembedded to form a flush surface with the remaining or adjacent portions of the edge of the side stile above and below the same:

As fully shown in Fig. 2, the inner stop 10 is sectional in its construction, and it is intended, though not shown, that the parting- 8 0 bead shall be similarly formed. Referring to either the stop orvthe parting-bead, but more particularly to the stop, which is clearly illustrated, the lower end has a pin 1l thereon, which fits in a recess in the adjacent lower 8 5 portion of the frame. The upper end of said stop is also provided with a pin 12, which is adapted to be engaged by and pressed under a spring 13, having an offset 14c therein to y form a recess for engaging the 'pin 12, the 9o said spring being seated in the frame at the proper point. One end of the spring projects outwardly and is pressed upwardly to release the pin 12 to permit the stop 10 to be iirst drawn outwardly at its upper end and elevated t0 release the pin 11 from the recess in the lower portion of the frame. When the stop is removed, it exposes the outeredge sashof the side stile of the lower sash and permits the hook S to be engaged in either releasing or applying the sash-weight cord. IVhen the stop is replaced in its proper position relatively to the frame, it has its lower end first applied, so that the pin 11 will enter the recess in the lower portion of the frame, and the upper end is pressed back into the frame to cause the pin 12 to engage the recess 14 in the spring 13. This sectional construction of the stop and parting-bead will be on one side of the window-frame only in view of the fact that as one side of the sash is cleared the other may be readily disengaged.

Between the inner stop and the partingbead or in a relative position when used with the upper sash is a sash-cord-holding device consisting of a metallic supporting-plate 1G, having at the lower end thereof a pair of knuckles 17, with an intervening space 18 between the same. Secured to the upper part of the plate, on the rear side, is a at spring 19, which depends a suitable distance and about in a line with the lower terminations of the knuckles 17. A knuckle 2O of a bifurcated holding -plate 20 is iitted in the space 18 between the knuckle 17 and a hinged joint formed by a pintle 2l, passing through the said knuckles. The knuckle 2O is constructed with two flat bearing-surfaces 22 and 23, adapted to be engaged by the free end of the spring 19 to lock the bifurcated holdingplate 20 in either one of two positions. This holding device as an entirety is embedded in the wood of the frame, and when not in use the bifurcated holding-plate 20" is turned down, as shown in Fig. 1 and also Fig. 4, and the spring 19 bears upon the fiat surface 22 and locks the said plate against accidental movement to prevent interference with the operation of the sash. When the plate 20 is arranged horizontally, the bearing-surface 23 is engaged by the free end of the spring 19, and when in this position the said plate receives the cord 5 after the latter has been released from the window-sash. By this means the said cord is held in convenient position for reattachlnent to the window-sash. The hook S also prevents the knotted end of the cord from slipping out of the sash. Vhen the said cord is arranged in connection with the holding-plate 28, it is in convenient reach ing distance.

In applying the several devices to the frame and window-sash the expense is not materially increased, nor are the several parts marred, and especially when the convenience afforded for washing, glazing, or otherwise treating a sash is considered.

Numerous advantages other than those set forth will appear from time to time to those using the construction, and it is obviously apparent that many minor changes in the dimensions, proportions, and details of construction might be made and substituted for those shown and described without in the least departing from the nature or spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- 1. In adevice of the characterset forth, the combination with a sash and sash-Weight cord, of a sash-weight-cord-holding device consisting of a securing-platecarryingaspring, and a bifurcated holdin g-plate at the lower end of the securing-plate adapted to receive and hold the sash-weight cord, substantially as described.

2. A sashweight-cordholding device, comprisin g a securing-plate carrying a depending spring, and a bifurcated plate pivotally attached to the lower portion of the said securing plate and having oppositely positioned bearing-surfaces adapted to be engaged by the said spring, substantially as described.

3. A sash-cord holder comprising a securing-plate, a bifurcated plate pivotally connected thereto and provided with fiat bearing-surfaces adjacent to its pivotal connection with the securing-plate, and aspring attached at one end to the securing-plate and arranged to bear at its free end against the flat bearing-surfaces of the bifurcated plate.

In testimony whereof we aix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. DAVIS. GEORGE S. IDELL. ELMER E. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

L. L. CHAPMAN, HERMAN H. HEATON. 

